Ontology
ECSO
The Ecosystem Ontology
DataONE ontology of Carbon Flux measurements for MsTMIP and LTER Use Cases
Source & access
- homepage github.com HTTP 200
- repository github.com HTTP 200
- download raw.githubusercontent.com HTTP 200
Portals & registries
| Source | ID | Version | Classes | Properties | Individuals | Loaded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIB Terminology Service | ecso | — | 2,102 | 171 | 18 | 2 Feb 2023 |
Also registered as
aberowl: ECSO bioportal: ECSO fairsharing: FAIRsharing.a4ww64 tib.ts: ecso
Automated evaluation
F Findable FAIR5/12
- Persistent identifier (F1)no PURL / w3id / DOI for the artefact0
- Indexed in services (F4)4: TIB, BioPortal, Bioregistry, FAIRsharing+5
- Citable reference (F2)no reference publication listed0
A Accessible FAIR12/12
- Homepage reachableHTTP 200+3
- Artefact retrievable over HTTP(S) (A1)download HTTP 200+6
- Metadata persists in a registry (A2)Bioregistry+3
I Interoperable FAIR8/12
- Formal machine-readable format (I1)OWL+5
- Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL+3
- References other vocabularies (I3)no imported vocabularies found0
R Reusable FAIR9/12
- Clear license (R1.1)CC BY 4.0+5
- Release provenance (R1.2)0.9 (version info in the artefact)+4
- Community standards (R1.3)no independent compliance report (not on the OBO Dashboard)0
Q Ontology consistency & quality0/20
- Logical consistencynever checked by a reasoner0
- OWL 2 DL profileprofile not checked0
- Upper-ontology alignmentno BFO/COB/DOLCE import found0
- Standard relations (RO)does not import the Relation Ontology0
- ROBOT report: no errorsno ROBOT report available0
- ROBOT report: warning densityno ROBOT report available0
- Pitfall scan: no critical pitfallsno pitfall scan or ROBOT report yet0
M Maintenance7/16
- Recency2026-01-20 → 9.1 months (≤ 1 year)+5
- Release cadence (12 months)1 release (GitHub releases)+2
U Community adoption1/16
- Documented adopting projects0 projects0
- Reused by other ontologies00
- Community signalmax(stars 21 → 1, citations 0 → 0)+1
P Penalties (inactivity & inconsistency)0
- Time since last activity0.8 years → 4 × max(0, 0.8 − 1)0
- Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
- Consistencynot yet checked by a reasoner0
FAIR subtotal 34/48 · earned 42/100 = 42/100 → grade D
Community adoption 0
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History & changes 1 run
History starts with the first archived run; changes appear after the next evaluation.
| Run | Score | FAIR | Version evaluated | Terms | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026, 03:31 UTC | 42 D | 34 | 0.9 | — | JSON |
Provenance
Every fact on this page was fetched automatically. Each row shows where it came from and when. If a source fails, the last good value is kept and marked “carried forward”.
| Fact | Source | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| Homepage link check (HTTP 200) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTC |
| Repository link check (HTTP 200) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | raw.githubusercontent.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTC |
| Artefact header (version info) | raw.githubusercontent.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTC |
| Git refs (commit 822249f, latest tag mosaic-1.0.1) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTC |
| GitHub repository statistics | api.github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTC |
| TIB Terminology Service metrics | service.tib.eu | 26 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTC |
| Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse | bioregistry.io | 26 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTC |
Run 2026-10-26T02-37-38Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.4 · entry.json · run snapshot